Community briefs -- September 20

Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliaries invite all members to the first District 4 meeting of the year at noon Sept. 23, at Wray Post No. 4671, 119 E. Third.

There will be carry-in lunch meetings and a chance to listen to and question a state officer of each group.

MOPS meeting Friday

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will hold its first meeting of the school year at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the Sterling Nazarene Church, 1600 Sidney Ave. All mothers of preschoolers are invited to attend.

Call (970) 522-2601 for more information.

Quilters invited to Corn Festival show

Quilters of all levels are invited to the High Plains Heritage Quilters' 2012 Haxtun Corn Festival Quilt Show.

The show will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Haxtun Community Center. It is a CQC judged quilt show; participants may choose whether to have their quilts judged.

To enter quilts, bring them to the Haxtun Community Center, 123 E. Wilson, Haxtun, between 5 and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, or between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Judging will begin at 9:30 a.m.; the public is invited to watch the judging.

For questions on the categories, or to have your quilts picked up, call Pat Hadeen at (970) 774-6469.

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The organization reminds quilters that it is having a Two Color Quilt Bed Turning. For more informant, or to pre-register your quilt, call Kathy Pfatlzgraff at (970) 774-7338.

Yuma art show opens Oct. 5

Autumn is coming. The trees are turning, the sky is developing that deep fall blue, and the Yuma Arts Association Art Show and Sale is just around the corner -- Oct. 5-11.

Enter your artwork from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 5, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma. It will be judged Oct. 6 by Emily Vines of the Northeastern Junior College art department, and Yuma's Monica King.

The public is welcome to view and buy from 1 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.

This year's featured artist is northeast Colorado's Nancy L. Dee. The bonus class this year is water-based oils, taught by Vines, on Friday, Oct. 5.

Call Leta Smith at (970) 358-4220, or Gail Ardueser at (970) 848-2393, for more information.

RE-1 Valley School District has announced its policy for determining eligibility of children who may receive free and reduced price meals served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program.
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